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AMP Capital invests $277m in natural gas

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
AMP Capital has invested $277 million (US$200 million) in a loan facility that will finance natural gas-fired power plants in the US and Canada. AMP Capital has acted as the sole lead arrangement of a subordinated debt investment in Invenergy Clean ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... will support the professors to establish the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Facility (CVRF) for Producing Pharmaceuticals in Plants, a facility to that will develop technologies to produce new drugs. These could be incorporated into novel plant products such ...

Foundation raises over $1m for biomedical research

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... discovery in clinical or experimental biomedical research. Craik's research focuses on replicating natural proteins from plants and animals for new drug design applications. This year, up to $75,000 will be allocated to each of the 13 recipients of the ...

AMP Capital invests in North American renewable assets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... in British Columbia. Alterra Power Corporation is a renewable-focused independent power producer that operates six power plants totalling 568 MW of operational generation capacity including British Columbia's largest run-of-river hydro facility (Toba ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... in FY 2014-15 (compared with Estimate 1 for 2013-14). Reduced expenditure on buildings and structures and equipments and plants and machineries suggests they're not thinking of hiring additional hands - worse, chopping off some. This would not have happened ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... exporters and domestic companies more competitive, boosting their revenues and profits and allowing them to invest more (in plants, equipments and people). This would happen before the dollar-A's "benign collapse" to US$0.66. This is the same conclusion ...

IFM invests $1.3 billion in LNG facility

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013
... Freeport, Texas. The project, planned by Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., will involve the development of three liquefaction plants, also known as 'trains'. IFM Investors' investment will fund the building of Train Two. IFM Investors' global head of infrastructure ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... share markets," he said. "The rising trend of privatising quality public assets in Australia, such as ports, desalination plants and road and rail infrastructure, makes Australia a compelling investment opportunity for these investors."

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... consumers to spend more lifting company profits that lift business confidence encouraging firms to increase investment in plants and equipment and staff. This leads to higher government revenues - helps budget balances and whittling down debt - and stronger ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... Replacing these banks as the originator of loans, for mortgages on commercial property, loans on maritime assets, power plants and PPP social infrastructure are viable alternative investments, which can diversify portfolios and hedge against inflation ...